Office of the Historian

893.00/13387: Telegram

The Counselor of Embassy in China (Lockhart) to the Secretary of State

Peiping, March 7, 1936—5 p.m.
[Received March 7—9 a.m.]

119. Embassy’s 116.2 Following from American Consul General at Canton.

“March 6, 9 a.m. Referring to my telegram of March 5, 4 p.m., rift between Marshal Chen3 and Hu Han Min4 group widening. Day before yesterday Chen took over from Tsou Lu5 control of all local Government educational institutions other than Chungshan University in the control of which institution Tsou has recently had strong backing from Nanking. Chen’s action thus appears to be further direct challenge to Nanking authority here.[”]

Lockhart
  1. Dated March 6, 5 p.m., not printed.↩
  2. Chen Chi-tang, leading military commander at Canton.↩
  3. Inactive chairman of the standing committee of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee.↩
  4. Chancellor of Chungshan University, Canton.↩